Dundee
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competed at a
Scottish
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national level, and the 100th season played in the highest division in the
Scottish football league system
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. They played in the
Scottish Premiership
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for the second consecutive season after finishing in the top six the previous campaign. Dundee also competed in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,League Cup, reaching the quarter-finals in both competitions.
Season summary
Pre-season
Dundee announced their first pre-season game of the season on 9 May 2024, heading to
Gayfield Park
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to play
Scottish League One
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side
Arbroath
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on 29 June. The following week, they announced the side would go on a pre-season training camp in
Poznań
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, Poland at the beginning of July, and would take on Czech club
Baník Ostrava
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...
and Polish side
Lech Poznań
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during their camp there. On 7 June, Dundee announced they would play their final pre-season friendly at
East End Park
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against
Dunfermline Athletic
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.
On 25 June, Dundee announced that manager
Tony Docherty
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had committed to the club by signing a new contract.
July
Dundee opened their competitive season in the League Cup group stage with a bang, demolishing
Bonnyrigg Rose
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with seven goals including a Curtis Main hat-trick. They followed this up three days later with another win away at
Gayfield Park
Gayfield Park, commonly known as Gayfield, is a football stadium in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League team Arbroath F.C. The club have played at Gayfield since 1880, although the pitch has ...
Arbroath
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. In their first 'home' game of the season at Glebe Park due to pitch work still ongoing at
Dens Park
Dens Park is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland, which is the home of club Dundee F.C. and has a capacity of . Tannadice Park, the home of rivals Dundee United, is just 200 yards (183 metres) away.
History
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, Dundee netted two late goals to see off an impressive Annan Athletic side to confirm themselves as group winners and qualify for the second round of the League Cup with a game in hand. They finished off the group stage in style with another clinic against former bogey team
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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, thumping them for six and confirming their seeding for the second round, with Simon Murray bagging himself a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes.
August
Dundee opened their league season in nerve-wracking fashion with a trip down the road to
Tannadice
Tannadice Park, officially known as The CalForth Construction Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. It is the home ground of Dundee United F.C., who have played at Tannadice since the club was founded as Du ...
for a
Dundee derby
The Dundee derby is a football match between Dundee and Dundee United. The clubs are based yards apart in the city of Dundee, the fourth-largest city in Scotland.
History
Dundee is the older of the two, having been founded in 1893, compared t ...
against the newly-promoted
Dundee United
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. After a shaky, end-to-end start, the Dee did enough to earn a point in a close-fought affair. The following week in their home league opener, Dundee returned to
Dens Park
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History
Dundee moved to "Dens" from the ...
in style with a late first half blitz helping them earn a comfortable win over Heart of Midlothian. The next match was in the League Cup second round, where Dundee kept their blistering cup form going with a 6–1 demolition of
Scottish Championship
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side
Airdrieonians
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which included six different goalscorers. Returning to league action, Dundee saved a point at
Easter Road
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through a late equaliser from Simon Murray against his old club Hibernian. Less than 24 hours after losing their star player, Luke McCowan, at the transfer window deadline to
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, Dundee took on St Mirren in their last match before the international break, in which the ''Dee'' came back twice to earn a point at Dens and stay unbeaten.
September
Dundee lost their first game of the season to start the month, suffering a frustrating but deserved defeat in
Dingwall
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away to Ross County. For the fifth time out of their last 8 cup quarter-finals, Dundee would face
Rangers
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in yet another standard demoralising defeat. The following week, Dundee played better but individual mistakes cost them early at home to an unbeaten
Aberdeen
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side who held on for the win and handed the ''Dark Blues'' their first home defeat of the season.
October
Dundee followed up their miserable September in familiar fashion, where a good performance despite an unjust Mo Sylla red card in the first half left them defending a slender lead over winless
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...
. Dundee would even double their lead late on, but once again suffered a total collapse at the back and conceded three very late goals to somehow walk away with nothing, the fourth such instance in manager
Tony Docherty
Tony Docherty (born 24 January 1971) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who was most recently the manager of Dundee. Docherty played as a midfielder for Dunfermline Athletic, Cambridge United, Stirling Albion, East Stirlingshire ...
's tenure which saw a multi-goal lead erased and replaced with a defeat. After a much needed international break, Dundee returned with a new line-up and a much more solid defensive performance away to
Motherwell
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where they held onto a single goal victory to end their horrible streak of form and gain their first league clean sheet of the season. Any attempt to build off of the previous week's result however was for nought, as despite taking an early lead against
St Johnstone
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, Dundee would play poorly and suffer yet another collapse and defeat in stoppage time to lose their third consecutive home game. Dundee would end another disappointing month with the toughest of fixtures, holding off
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in Glasgow for an hour before an expected defeat which dropped the ''Dee'' down to 10th place.
November
The month started with a tremendous reversal of fortune against
Kilmarnock
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, with Dundee going down by two goals before making a comeback to win the game in the last minute through a Ziyad Larkeche goal, handing both
Tony Docherty
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and Dundee's first wins over respective former colleague and long-time adversary
Derek McInnes
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and putting the ''Dee'' back up to 6th place. Momentum was again brought to a complete halt the following week however, as failing to take chances in a solid first half followed by a drubbing filled with all-too familiar defensive mistakes in the second half resulted in a comfortable defeat to high-flying
Aberdeen
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at
Pittodrie
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. After yet another international break, an early red card for struggling bottom side Hibs paved the way for a convincing home win for Dundee. ''The Dee'' finished November playing
Kilmarnock
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for the third time in two months, and in another even affair two late goals apiece marked Dundee's first draw since August.
December
The ''Dee'' continued their uptick in form with another impressive display at Dens, where a scoring whirlwind helped seal a 4–1 win over
Motherwell
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, lifting Dundee up to 5th place and marking the first time since April 2002 that they had won three consecutive home games in the top tier. That uplift in form came to a quick end a few days later, as Dundee were easily defeated at
Tynecastle Park
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by bottom side Hearts to drop to 6th. After a fortnight break, Dundee kept it close at Ibrox but still fell to a narrow defeat away to
Rangers
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. Dundee then served up their third
Boxing Day
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stinker in 4 years, taking another beating off of Ross County at Dens, giving the ''Staggies'' their first away win in 25 games in a 0–3 drubbing which left Dundee in 9th place, 5 points off the bottom. The ''Dee'' managed to halt the bad form in their last game of 2024, fighting back against two early injuries with a makeshift defence to earn a 1–2 away win against an in-form St Mirren through a double from captain Simon Murray.
January
Dundee suffered a very bad start to the year with a late loss at home to local rivals
Dundee United
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and other results going against their favour compounding to leave the ''Dark Blues'' two points above the relegation play-off places. In a situation where they needed to make their own luck to compete with other teams' hot streaks, Dundee bounced back with three early goals to sink bottom side
St Johnstone
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in
Perth
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and earn a much-needed win ahead of a gruelling slate of games, consisting of three league games against
Old Firm
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opposition and a
Dundee derby
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cup clash. Dundee started this tough set of fixtures well despite struggling with injuries to several key squad members, as they earned a well-deserved point at home to
Rangers
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. They followed this up with another impressive draw at home to league leaders
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, with a late penalty stopping Dundee from claiming a first home victory against the Glasgow side in 36 years. Keeping up their gutsy form amid squad health issues, Dundee got revenge against rivals
Dundee United
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in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Simon Murray goal and both strong defending and an excellent performance from Trevor Carson gave the ''Dee'' their first
Dundee derby
The Dundee derby is a football match between Dundee and Dundee United. The clubs are based yards apart in the city of Dundee, the fourth-largest city in Scotland.
History
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win
since 2017
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, and their first win over United in the Scottish Cup since 1956. Dundee's last game of their gauntlet would not come in January however, as their away trip to
Celtic Park
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was postponed due to stadium damage caused by
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.
February
The month of February started off in the absolute worst way possible for the ''Dee'', as they were dealt a humbling and deserved 0–6 defeat at
Dens Park
Dens Park is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland, which is the home of club Dundee F.C. and has a capacity of . Tannadice Park, the home of rivals Dundee United, is just 200 yards (183 metres) away.
History
Dundee moved to "Dens" from the ...
since 2017
Since may refer to:
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, leaving Tony Docherty's men just one point off the relegation play-offs and in a fight to stay up. Things did not get any better in the midweek, as their previously postponed trip to face
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ended with the same humiliating scoreline, the first time since 2000 that Dundee (or any top division Scottish side) had conceded at least 6 goals in two consecutive games. Dundee were able to get back on track in the
Scottish Cup
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side
Airdrieonians
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to make it into the last 8, in a game which saw the return to competitive play for ''Dee'' captain
Joe Shaughnessy
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for the first time since his injury since April 2024. Back in league action, Dundee's woes continued with another home defeat, this time to an
Aberdeen
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side who hadn't won in 14 consecutive league games, and found themselves in the relegation play-off spot. In the next game up in the Highlands, an early lead didn't count for much as two quick second half goals for Ross County blew an unprepared Dundee away and consigned them to a fourth consecutive league defeat. Tony Docherty would change formation for the midweek game away to
Motherwell
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, but it didn't have much effect as Dundee slumped to a fifth consecutive league defeat that left them just 3 points ahead of bottom side
St Johnstone
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(after having led them by 12 points at one stage) with the ''Saintees'' visiting to start a worryingly crucial March.
March
The month started off quickly with a bottom of the table clash, and a relatively even and low-quality clash saw both teams walk away with a point, ending Dundee's losing run but remaining winless in 8 straight league games, and remaining 3 points above their opponents
St Johnstone
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. Dundee would travel to
Edinburgh
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for a
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hearts, and despite an early second half goal from captain
Joe Shaughnessy
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it was not enough to keep up with the standard multiple goals conceded and Dundee were knocked out of the cup at Tynecastle. After a long week, Dundee once again made the short walk across the road to
Tannadice Park
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for the
Dundee derby
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. After a first half blitz, Dundee would earn their first win over
Dundee United
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at Tannadice since August 2004 in a memorable 2–4 game, ending their 8-game winless streak in the league in style. 13 days later, Dundee took a 2-goal lead over
Rangers
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but their horrendous defensive record once again reared its head as they conceded 3 late goals to miss out on an unexpected but crucial three points.
April
In their last home pre-split game, Dundee managed their first league clean sheet since October 2024 in a vital home win over St Mirren thanks to a brace from Simon Murray, who extended his scoring streak to six consecutive league games and became joint top scorer in the Premiership. Dundee made the trip to
Easter Road
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the following week to face high-flying Hibs in their final pre-split fixture, and missed out on a chance to jump to 9th with even a draw in a one-sided rout that once again made Dundee's record-breakingly bad defensive record come to the forefront. After a week off, Dundee started their post-split schedule with a third trip of the season away to Tynecastle to play a disgruntled Hearts side which had missed top six and a
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Simon Murray to lift the ''Dees'' out of the relegation play-off places. At the end of April,
PFA Scotland
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players
Callum McGregor
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Nicolas Kühn
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In the crucial final month of the season, Dundee started off in terrible fashion after a late home defeat against 10-man
Motherwell
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which was only slightly alleviated by both teams below the ''Dee'' also suffering losses. The following week, it was a case of 'too little, too late' at
Rugby Park
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as another spineless and tactically incompetent performance from the ''Dee'' led to another multi-goal defeat to
Kilmarnock
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who confirmed their safety, whilst the visitors remained firmly in the relegation conversation with two massive games to go. In a winner-take-all match against relegation rivals Ross County which looked destined for a Dundee win, a scandalous penalty decision by referee Nick Walsh gave the visitors a last minute equaliser which relegated
St Johnstone
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland. The team competes in the , the second division of Scottish football. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun)—an old name o ...
and cost the ''Dark Blues'' their assured safety from the play-offs, making their final game of the season away to the now-relegated
Perth
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side a 'must-not-lose' scenario. In their last league game of the season, Dundee filled out three stands at
McDiarmid Park
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as they defeated the already-relegated
St Johnstone
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland. The team competes in the , the second division of Scottish football. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun)—an old name o ...
with two goals from the departing academy product
Lyall Cameron
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which confirmed the ''Dark Blues status as a
Scottish Premiership
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club for the next season.
In a sudden and surprising turn at the end of the season, manager
Tony Docherty
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and his entire backroom staff were relieved of their duties the day after confirming Dundee's top flight status.
Competitions
''All times are in British Summer Time (BST).''
Pre-season and friendlies
Scottish Premiership
Dundee will play against
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,
Dundee United
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Kilmarnock
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,
Motherwell
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Rangers
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St Johnstone
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland. The team competes in the , the second division of Scottish football. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun)—an old name o ...
and St Mirren in the 2024–25 Premiership campaign. They will play each team three times, twice at home and once away against half of the teams, and once at home and twice away against the other half. Following this, they will be split into either a top or bottom group of six depending on their position after 33 games, where they will play each team in their group once.
The fixtures for the 2024–25 Premiership campaign were released on 27 June 2024 at 09:00, with Dundee's opening game being a
Dundee derby
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History
Dundee is the older of the two, having been founded in 1893, compared t ...
at
Tannadice Park
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live on
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.
League table
Results by round
Scottish Cup
Dundee will compete in the Scottish Cup and will enter the competition in the fourth round.
Scottish League Cup
Dundee will compete in the Scottish League Cup and entered the competition in the group stage. The draw for the group stage was held on 29 May 2024 at 13:00, broadcast live on
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. Dundee were drawn into Group D with
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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,
Arbroath
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Bonnyrigg Rose
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Their home ground is New Dundas Park, and they have ...
. Due to work on the pitch at
Dens Park
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History
Dundee moved to "Dens" from the ...
, Dundee played their home group stage fixtures at Glebe Park.
Group stage
Knockout stage
Dundee were seeded in the second round as one of the three best group winners. The draw took place following the final group stage game on 28 July.
Group D table
Squad statistics
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, colspan="14", ''Players away from the club on loan:''
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, colspan="14", ''Players who left the club during the season:''
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Dundee F.C.
Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland, founded in 1893. The team are nicknamed "The Dark Blues" or "The Dee". The club plays its home matches at Dens Park and currently play in the .
The ...